Argentina vs Chile

Argentina vs Chile: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 80.1% of GDP in Argentina and 41.5% of GDP in Chile, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 38.5 percentage points, or 1.93 times that in Chile.

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Change since 1992, percentage points · IMF

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Argentina vs Chile: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 80.1% of GDP in Argentina and 41.5% of GDP in Chile, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 38.5 percentage points, or 1.93 times that in Chile.
ArgentinaChileIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

Latest figures

% of GDP · IMF

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2025Projected
Argentina80.1 202552.632 of 14953.9 2031
Chile41.5 202517.4100 of 14949 2031

What the numbers say

  • Argentina has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Chile.
  • In 2025, Argentina ranked 32 and Chile ranked 100 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Argentina at 53.9% of GDP and Chile at 49% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearArgentinaChile
202580.141.5
202484.641.8
2023153.439.4
202284.337.9
20218136.4
2020103.832.4
201989.828.3
201885.325.8
20175723.7
201653.121.1
201552.617.4
201444.715
201343.512.8
201240.411.9
201138.911.1
201043.58.6
200955.45.8
200853.84.9
200762.13.9
200670.85
200580.37
2004117.910.3
2003125.212.6
2002147.215
20014814.4
200040.813.2
199938.913.3
199834.212.1
199731.712.8
199632.614.6
199530.817.3
199428.422.6
199326.928.1
19922530.5
1991–37.1
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearArgentinaChile
202669.442.8
202770.444.5
202865.646
202960.347.2
203056.748.1
203153.949

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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